An English teenager whose house was trashed after she posted a party invite on MySpace has blamed computer hackers for the gatecrashing debacle.
A 17 year old from Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, took advantage of her parents being away over Easter to invite a few friends – say 60, plus DJs – to an informal get together at …

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"Internet Menace"

This was being discussed on Jeremy Vine this lunchtime - specifically the role of "the internet" [Jeremy Vine is clearly a luddite, much like the rest of the Beeb]. As was pointed out by several callers, gatecrashing (especially of teen parties) is nothing new - word-of-mouth just means a bit more these days. Anyone stupid/naive enough to post a party invite ON A BLEEDING PUBLIC WEBSITE needs their head examining. If she'd posted flyers all over town would Jeremy Vine be wittering about "the role of paper in today's society"? Gah.

A hacker did it and ran away

Hackers Stole my Virginity!!!

Children have been making stupid mistakes for as long as there are children. The added responsibility we grant to teenagers simply magnifies the potential damage they can cause. Since the dawn of time they have been trying to pass blame for anything they do wrong unto others. Why this should surprise anyone is strange to me.

"It wasn't me"

In common with most other teenagers whose plans go more than somewhat awry she's resorted to the "It wasn't me" defence.

This is usually followed by the "You didn't see me do it" counter-attack. When the inevitable videos do turn up on YouTube we'll no doubt see our inebriated hostess happily helping trash the family home!

'French polishers?'

Remember the 1980s Yellow Pages ad with the aftermath of a teenage party?

If Yell.com's marketing people have an ounce of sense they'll be signing that girl up to star in their new campaign. If she does a dozen adverts, a reality TV series and a self-pitying autobiography she *might* be able to pay back the damage to her parents' house.

Youtube?

Seriously.. why have I not been able to find any videos of this alleged "crrrrraaazy" party? Even the lamest parties get put up on Youtube. If I was there and had filmed things.. even before I'd seen the news I'd whack the videos up... and then afterwards whack them up again.

Reddi Wip? = Ready Whip

Squirty creem = drugs - well, sortof

The propellent in whipped cream cans is indeed N2O (Nitrous oxide, a mild anaesthetic), but it's a terribly inefficient and wasteful way of getting high. You get maybe one or two lungfuls from a whole can, and a slight tingly buzz that lasts less than a minute. Hyperventilating is more exciting than that. Unless you /really/ like cream.

Upside down can=Cream

Surely if the can was upside down (i.e. with the bottom towards the ceiling) then all the cream would come out, it would have to be the right way up (i.e. with the top (where the tube is) towards the ceiling) to just get the propellant.

Suppose that the other chemicals that come with it are better from huffing cream than anything else though.

(a rather more sensible yoof of 2day)

P.S. There is no such thing as a Britshism, it was our language first! Squirty cream is Proper English, Reddi Wip is an Americanism.